AustriaPlatform
Europe · Pop. 9.2M · #38 startup ecosystem by EV
1 Overview
* C→Unicorn and Unicorn→Decacorn rates are derived from current counts (no founding-cohort data); the four mid-funnel rates use Dealroom's cohort tracking.
2 Largest rounds
Largest funding rounds in Austria
A live treemap of $15M+ rounds from the Dealroom API. Each cell is one round into a company headquartered in Austria, grouped by Dealroom sector.
Largest rounds in Austria - 2024–2026
3 Startup hubs
Inside Austria: 1 startup hub, 71 universities
Hubs are sized by combined enterprise value; universities by the startup founders they produced. Hover any point for its numbers; the lists rank hubs by EV and universities by founders.
4 VC investment
How much venture capital flows into Austria
VC investment into Austria-headquartered, VC-backed companies, broken down by round size, company location, sector and funding stage.
5 Founder origins
Where Austria's unicorn founders build
40 founders born in Austria are behind 31 unicorns; 48% of those were built in the US. Origins are resolved from biography and education history, not current address. Compare with the other origin countries in Europe, ranked by founders or per 1M inhabitants.
6 Location comparison
How Austria stacks up
Compare Austria with similarly sized ecosystems in Europe — switch between combined EV, 5-year EV growth, and a growth × size view. Expand the table for the full ranking.
Combined enterprise value of each ecosystem.
Top ecosystems in Europe ranked by combined EV. Austria's row is highlighted (#12).
| # | Ecosystem | Combined EV | EV growth | Unicorns | VC invested | Tracked startups |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United Kingdom | $1.2T | 4.5× | 226 | $27.5B | 20.9K |
| 2 | Germany | $406B | 4.2× | 95 | $8.3B | 8,888 |
| 3 | France | $401B | 5.4× | 67 | $8.4B | 9,256 |
| 4 | Netherlands | $327B | 2.8× | 45 | $3.6B | 3,978 |
| 5 | Sweden | $279B | 5.7× | 56 | $3.5B | 3,331 |
| 6 | Switzerland | $223B | 3.7× | 50 | $4.2B | 3,086 |
| 7 | Denmark | $140B | 4.3× | 24 | $1.8B | 1,721 |
| 8 | Belgium | $107B | 7.1× | 12 | $907.7M | 1,935 |
| 9 | Ireland | $106B | 4.7× | 26 | $1.2B | 2,001 |
| 10 | Spain | $106B | 4.7× | 18 | $3.3B | 4,647 |
| 11 | Finland | $79.5B | 3.9× | 11 | $2.2B | 1,775 |
| 18 | Austria | $29.1B | 5.8× | 5 | $370.3M | 1,020 |
7 Patent intelligence
Austria startup IP portfolio: 2,790 patent families
Granted patent families assigned to startups headquartered in Austria. Aggregated across the country's hub-level filings — Bay Area, Boston, etc. roll up under the United States row, the same way Tokyo and Osaka roll up under Japan.
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